page_title: List of mammals of Panama
section_title: Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Panama / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
caption_attribution_description: Bradypus variegatus Deutsch: Drei-Finger-Faultier, fotografiert im Cahuita Nationalpark im Südosten Costa Ricas English: Three-toed-sloth, picture taken in the Cahuita National Park in the southeast of Costa Rica Français&#160;: Un paresseux à trois doigts (Bradypus sp.). Photo prise dans le parc national de Cahuita, au sud-est du Costa Rica.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Panama. Among the mammals in Panama, two are critically endangered, seven are endangered, eleven are vulnerable and three are near threatened. One species is classified as extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.
  Suborder: Folivora
  Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
  Genus: Bradypus
  Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus CR
  Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC
  Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)
  Genus: Choloepus
  Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni LC
  Suborder: Vermilingua
  Family: Cyclopedidae
  Genus: Cyclopes
  Silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus LC
  Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
  Genus: Myrmecophaga
  Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
  Genus: Tamandua
  Northern tamandua, Tamandua mexicana LC
caption: Brown-throated three-toed sloth
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